Ed Heron wrote:
> From: "Phil Schaffner", Wednesday, May 13, 2009 6:20 AM
>
> > It "just works". I habitually use rsync for incremental updates across
> > directories or systems, but tar is often more robust for this type of
> > job, just because of things like needing to remember to use -H. Both
> > rsync and cpio will work if used properly, just like tar. Like I said,
> > largely a matter of preference.
>
> I read somewhere that tar doesn't save extended attributes. Is this still
> the case or did I read old news?
--xattrs
this option causes tar to store each file’s extended
attributes in the archive. This option also enables --acls
and--selinux if they haven’t been set already, due to the fact
that the data for those are stored in special xattrs.
> Should we submit a bug report somewhere for rsync not correctly copying
> SELinux attributes? Or is it some mistake of mine that it didn't appear to
> work?
What happens when you set --xattrs in rsync, too? Their manual page does
not mention SELinux, though.
Cheers,
Ralph
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